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Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Slight fraying to spine ends. Spine lettering faded. A handsome and tight copy of this early edition ; Brown buckram boards with decorative blindstamped pattern. David Livingstone (1813-1873) was raised religiously and later accepted a job with the London Missionary Society, that sent him to Southern Africa to build three missionaries. In 1849 he went on his first expedition to Lake Ngami. In 1851 took another expedition to the Chobe and Zambesi Rivers. Later he visited the "Mosi-oa-tunya Falls" which he named "Victoria Falls". In 1856 he returned to England, where this book was originally published. After this he returned to Africa to fight the slave trade. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xiv, 442, 14 pages

Numerous woodcut illustrations. xiv, 9-440 pages. Short thick 8vo, original blind-stamped brown cloth (some wear at extremities; minor scattered foxing & a staple in the flyleaf). Philadelphia: J.W. Bradley, 1858. First American edition. A very good(-) copy. Livingstone gave an accurate account of the Tsetse fly.and of the disease in cattle following its bite.Garrison-Morton 5269.

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Boards with moderate wear and light soiling. A bit of chipping to spine ends. Spine outer covering detaching. Internally still handsome with light dampstaining and occasional light foxing-more prominent to first and last few pages.; Brown buckram boards with decorative blindstamped pattern.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8"-9" tall; xiv, 440 pages.

Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Slight fraying to spine ends. Spine lettering faded. A handsome and tight copy of this early edition; Brown buckram boards with decorative blindstamped pattern. David Livingstone (1813-1873) was raised religiously and later accepted a job with the London Missionary Society, that sent him to Southern Africa to build three missionaries. In 1849 he went on his first expedition to Lake Ngami. In 1851 took another expedition to the Chobe and Zambesi Rivers. Later he visited the "Mosi-oa-tunya Falls" which he named "Victoria Falls". In 1856 he returned to England, where this book was originally published. After this he returned to Africa to fight the slave trade.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8"-9" tall; xiv, 442, 14 pages.

This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First American Edition, "Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast, Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean...To Which is Added a Historical Sketch of Discoveries in Africa. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings." Publisher's brown cloth binding, blindstamped on the covers; ruled, with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 446 pages. Very bright and clear; unfoxed; a couple of spots to the frontis illustration and TP. Corners are bumped and there is a small chip on one edge of the spine. Shows its age but is a decent copy nonetheless.

Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked and blind-tooled cloth. Spine worn; spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 440 pp., frontispiece, illustrations, plates. Subjects; Missions South Africa. Description and travel. 1 Kg.

XIV-442-14pp. Ilustrado. Muy rara edición aamericana.